Pompeii: The Last Day

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Pompeii: The Last Day
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Genre	Docudrama
Written by	Edward Jones carter
Directed by	Peter Nicholson
Starring	Tim Pigott-Smith Jonathan Firth Jim Carter
Narrated by	Alisdair Simpson F. Murray Abraham
Composer	Ty Unwin
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Michael Mosley
Producer	Ailsa Orr
Running time	90 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	20 October 2003 (2003-10-20)
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Pompeii: The Last Day is a 2003 dramatized documentary that tells of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius towards the end of August 79 CE.^[1][2] This eruption covered the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash and pumice, killing a large number of people trapped between the volcano and the sea. The documentary, which portrays the different phases of the eruption, was directed by Peter Nicholson and written by Edward Canfor-Dumas.